This latest volume in Advances in Microbial Physiology continues the long tradition of topical and important reviews in microbiology.
Contains contributions from leading authorities in the field of microbial physiology
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Microbiologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, and those interested in physiology, microbial biochemistry and its applications.
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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
Chapter One: Cytochromes c′: Structure, Reactivity and Relevance to Haem-Based Gas Sensing
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Occurrence
3 Proposed Functional Roles of Cytochromes c′
4 Structural Properties of Cytochromes c′
5 Spectroscopic Properties of Cytochromes c′
6 Structure–Reactivity Relationships in Cytochromes c′
7 Relevance of Cytochrome c′ to Other Proteins, Including Haem-Based Gas Sensors
Acknowledgements
Chapter Two: Bridging Theory and Experiment to Address Structural Properties of Truncated Haemoglobins: Insights from Thermobifida fusca HbO
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Haem Proteins
3 Computer Simulation Techniques
4 Thermobifida fusca Hb
5 Spectroscopy and Computer Simulation of Tf-trHb
6 Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
Chapter Three: Structural Biology of Bacterial Haemophores
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 HasA-Type Haemophore Systems from Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Yersinia pestis
3 The HxuA–HxuB–HxuC Haemophore System of Haemophilus influenzae
4 The HmuY–HmuR Haemophore System of Porphyromonas gingivalis
5 The Isd Haemophore System of Staphylococcus aureus
6 The Isd, BslK, and Hal Haemophore Systems of Bacillus anthracis
7 The Hbp Haemophore System of Listeria monocytogenes
8 The Rv0203–MmpL11–MmpL3 Haemophore System of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
9 Conclusion and Perspectives
Acknowledgements
Chapter Four: The Haemoglobins of Algae
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Distribution of Haemoglobins in Algae
3 The Structure of Algal Haemoglobins
4 The Chemistry of Algal Haemoglobins
5 Perspectives
Acknowledgement
Chapter Five: The Challenging World of Biofilm Physiology
Abstract
1 Biofilm Structure and Formation
2 Biofilm Resistance
3 Biofilm-Associated Infections
4 Biofilm Research and Its Challenges
Chapter Six: Avoid Excessive Oxygen Levels in Experiments with Organisms, Tissues and Cells
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methods for Measuring O2
3 Gas Mixing
4 Conclusions
Author Index
Subject Index
No. of pages: 360
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 67
Published: November 19, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780128032985
eBook ISBN: 9780128033326
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Robert K. Poole
Professor Robert Poole is West Riding Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sheffield. He has >35 years’ experience of bacterial physiology and bioenergetics, in particular O2-, CO- and NO-reactive proteins, and has published >300 papers (h=48, 2013). He was Chairman of the Plant and Microbial Sciences Committee of the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and has held numerous grants from BBSRC, the Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts and the EC. He coordinates an international SysMO systems biology consortium. He published pioneering studies of bacterial oxidases and globins and discovered the bacterial flavohaemoglobin gene (hmp) and its function in NO detoxification He recently published the first systems analyses of responses of bacteria to novel carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CORMs) and is a world leader in NO, CO and CORM research.
Affiliations and expertise
West Riding Professor of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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